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The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2019. All 14 companies from South Africa in the Forbes 2000 are listed. [2] *Despite the company being South African with Head Offices in South Africa, the company is listed as British by the Forbes 2000 ranking due to the entity's registered address in London.
South Africa is one of the world's leading mining and mineral-processing countries. [80] Though mining's contribution to the national GDP has fallen from 21% in 1970 to 6% in 2011, it still represents almost 60% of exports. [81] The mining sector accounts for up to 9% of value added. [82]
Rank Company Industry Revenue (US$ billions) Headquarters 1: Sonatrach: Oil and gas: 77.013 Algeria 2: Eskom: Electric utility: 13.941 South Africa 3: Sasol: Chemistry: 12.989 South Africa 4: MTN Group
As South Africa marks three decades since its first democratic elections, a historic moment that dismantled the apartheid system and ushered in Black-majority rule, the country is at a crossroads.
South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 60 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialised country. [1] [2] Its economy is the largest in Africa ...
Clover Industries Ltd is the new holding company of Clover S.A. (Pty) Ltd, one of the largest branded consumer goods companies in South Africa, South Africa's largest dairy company and one of the leading manufacturers and marketers of food products in South Africa.
In 2004, South Africa was responsible for the manufacture of 84% of all vehicles produced in Africa, 7 million of which are on the South African roads. Also in 2004, the industry made a 6.7% contribution to the GDP of South Africa and 29% of all South African manufacturers made up the country's automotive industry. 2004 also saw 110,000 ...
South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited was founded in 1936. [9] The company is now known as Sappi and is headquartered in Johannesburg, [10] [11] It produces and sells commodity paper products, pulp, dissolving pulp, and forest and timber products for Southern Africa and export markets. [12]